sacrilege

Example Sentences

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“Beer and baseball don’t go together,” Griffith often said, which would strike today’s fans as sacrilege.

From Washington Post

“I don’t like espresso out of a paper cup. It’s kind of sacrilege,” Piazza said.

From Washington Times

But for a subset of social media denizens, such sacrileges would never grace their feeds.

From Salon

Some Native activists argue it is sacrilege to expose songs of ancestors to the non-Native world.

From New York Times

“A colleague of mine called it sacrilege,” said a Foreign Service officer in Asia, who like others spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal policy changes.

From Washington Post